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Words You Should Know

Words You Should Know. Foundations of Government. Constitutional Underpinnings. Fun with Federalism. Political Potpourri. Leftovers. $100. $100. $100. $100. $ 100. $100. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $200. $300. $300. $300. $300. $300. $300. $400. $400. $400. $400.

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Words You Should Know

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  1. Words You Should Know Foundations of Government Constitutional Underpinnings Fun with Federalism Political Potpourri Leftovers $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  2. This clause states that if a state law conflicts with a federal law, you follow the federal law

  3. Supremacy Clause

  4. Theory that believes society is divided among class lines and laws are made for the upper class

  5. Elitist Theory (Power Elite)

  6. Type of gov’t where people elect others to make laws based on the views of the majority

  7. Representative Democracy (Republic)

  8. Theory that believes bargaining and compromise are essential parts of the U.S. government

  9. Pluralist Theory

  10. Type of government system where the central government has the most power

  11. Unitary System

  12. Judicial Branch

  13. This rebellion showed a major weakness in the Articles of Confederation

  14. Shay’s Rebellion

  15. The main reason why Locke said people give up their rights and join a society

  16. Protection (esp. of property)

  17. A Republican form of government

  18. Suspicious yet necessary

  19. The compromise that led to the creation of a bicameral legislature

  20. Great Compromise (or CT Comp)

  21. The main reason why a Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution

  22. Ratification purposes

  23. The Framers used elastic language in the Constitution so that it could do this over time

  24. Change

  25. This compromise was made to determine how the President would be chosen

  26. Electoral College

  27. The Framers of the Constitution forbade the stopping of this until 1808

  28. Slave Trade (Importation of Persons)

  29. The division of power between the national, state, and local levels of government

  30. Federalism

  31. Type of federalism where the national level becomes more intrusive in state affairs as the two levels work together

  32. Cooperative Federalism (Marble Cake)

  33. Republican presidents since Nixon have used this type of federalism that gives more power to the states

  34. New Federalism

  35. The constitutional basis for dual federalism is found in this amendment

  36. Powers specifically given to the national government in the Constitution

  37. Enumerated Powers (Expressed Powers)

  38. This was meant to be the document that struck a delicate balance between gov’t power and individual liberty

  39. The Constitution

  40. Both Locke & the Founding Fathers felt this would be the strongest of the branches of gov’t

  41. Legislative Branch

  42. Natural Rights (Unalienable Rights)

  43. The idea that power is conferred upon someone through a written document

  44. Legitimacy

  45. Powers given to both the states and the national government

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